Perks Preferences?
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crowdfundingWhat kinds of perks get your attention and encourage you to dig into your hard-earned cash? I'm trying to figure out how to adapt crowdfunding to my photography and am interested in knowing what people like, what is The Shiny that encourages them to dig in. And what are realistic levels to ask for when you're a budding artist?
You don't have to actively support crowdfunding or photography or crowdfunded photography if you want to answer.
I figure prints are always a possibility. The 2 biggest issues with that right now are cost of postage & getting time to ship (I live in New Zealand) & our printer, while a good photo printer, sometimes puts marks on the back of the paper and I'm afraid this might turn people off.
I likeysabetwordsmith's use of posting a few pictures in her journal and then offering to post others if she gets donations. I usually upload my picts to Webshots for people to see/download as screensavers/send as e-cards. I could hold a few prize ones back when I do this and offer to upload them if I get donations. When I upload my Webshots I'll usually upload a few of the better ones to my Weblogimages account and post them in my journal.
I could also see if there's a way create a special album at Webshots and lock it to only certain people. I don't know if it's possible and this would require my audience getting a Webshots account.
Or I could make a special Donor filter and post the picts on that on my DW/LJ.
What are your thoughts?
And come to think of it, how do you make a Paypal donation button?
(ETA: Sorryysabetwordsmith, not sure what tag would fit best for this so I've put networking but feel free to tell me what to change it to!)
You don't have to actively support crowdfunding or photography or crowdfunded photography if you want to answer.
I figure prints are always a possibility. The 2 biggest issues with that right now are cost of postage & getting time to ship (I live in New Zealand) & our printer, while a good photo printer, sometimes puts marks on the back of the paper and I'm afraid this might turn people off.
I like
ysabetwordsmith's use of posting a few pictures in her journal and then offering to post others if she gets donations. I usually upload my picts to Webshots for people to see/download as screensavers/send as e-cards. I could hold a few prize ones back when I do this and offer to upload them if I get donations. When I upload my Webshots I'll usually upload a few of the better ones to my Weblogimages account and post them in my journal.I could also see if there's a way create a special album at Webshots and lock it to only certain people. I don't know if it's possible and this would require my audience getting a Webshots account.
Or I could make a special Donor filter and post the picts on that on my DW/LJ.
What are your thoughts?
And come to think of it, how do you make a Paypal donation button?
(ETA: Sorry
ysabetwordsmith, not sure what tag would fit best for this so I've put networking but feel free to tell me what to change it to!)
Re: Thoughts
Date: 2010-09-12 08:50 pm (UTC)Yeah, apparently they are popular for trading.
>>especially as we're going towards Christmas<<
That reminds me of a special seasonal activity: the virtual shopping fair. Several people do a post where they invite all their friends to list what they sell, so other folks in the audience can shop with them. It's a lot of fun and really boosts promotion. These were mine from 2009 and 2008:
http://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com/871196.html
http://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com/438042.html
You can see the 2008 one worked a lot better; the timing wasn't as good in 2009. I'll probably do it again this year too.
>>I don't have a FB or WP and while I know it's not hard to create one I am trying to not stretch *too* thin so that would be a bonus for me. <<
Facebook has features you can set to echo posts from other services, so it's possible to have content there with very minimal effort. That's how I originally set up my FB page. I only started going direct to FB and spending time there when it became a networking hub for me -- I was surprised to see how many of my professional contacts were on there, so that boosted my interest.
Re: Thoughts
Date: 2010-09-13 10:41 am (UTC)I've been resisting FB....still resisting. For now, that might change :)